Dom Flemons’ songs have been described in lots of ways: Old-timey, Piedmont blues, Black cowboy country. They’re all accurate, he says.
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by Tom Beck
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7/6/23
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Chestnut Hill's Ethan Monberg is just 12, but the rising eighth grader at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy is already a musical luminary.
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by Len Lear
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7/6/23
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Matthew Glandorf, the longtime artistic director of Choral Arts Philadelphia, is moving to a new role in Germany.
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by Michael Caruso
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6/29/23
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Barry Wahrhaftig grew up playing rock and roll like everyone else. But then he rediscovered his love of gypsy jazz music.
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by Tom Beck
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6/29/23
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“I’m hoping for a big dance party at Pastorius where people will feel comfortable and free to enjoy themselves,” she said.
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by Tom Beck
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6/22/23
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The Episcopal Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in Chestnut Hill celebrated a “Pride Evensong” Sunday, June 11.
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by Michael Caruso
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6/22/23
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Mt. Airy resident Anya Rose, a Lower School science teacher at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy (SCH), and Julie Be, a music therapist, teamed up for Ants on a Log.
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by Len Lear
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6/15/23
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Donald Nally and The Crossing will present the world premiere of Ted Hearne’s “Farming” outdoors at Kings Oaks Farm in Newtown, Bucks County, June 22-25. The Grammy Award-winning …
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by Michael Caruso
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6/15/23
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How can anyone condense the 400-year history of African American music into two hours or less? Germantown resident Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr., Ph.D, plans to do just that.
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by Len Lear
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6/15/23
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Jazz. Classical. Pop. You name the genre, and Joseph Arnold has played it on a violin.
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by Tom Beck
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6/15/23
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Choral Arts Philadelphia has announced the appointment of Donald Meineke, of Chestnut Hill, as its new artistic director.
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by Michael Caruso
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6/8/23
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Alex Mitnick’s songs are guaranteed to get your kids dancing, clapping and shouting.
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by Tom Beck
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6/8/23
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Two local ensembles, Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, and the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, rounded out their 2022-23 concert seasons with recent performances.
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by Michael Caruso
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6/1/23
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Donald Nally and The Crossing, the Chestnut Hill-based choir specializing in contemporary choral music, will join the New York Philharmonic June 1-3.
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by Michael Caruso
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5/25/23
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Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, will explore the music of the cities, missions and cathedrals of 16th- and 17th-century Peru, Bolivia and Chile in concert Saturday, May 20.
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by Michael Caruso
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5/18/23
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As a child growing up in Swarthmore, Annie Carruthers wanted to be a pop star like Britney Spears or the Spice Girls. Lucky for us, her tastes changed.
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by Len Lear
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5/18/23
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“If I was going to be in a band,” Noah Weinstein told the Local from a studio in Huntsville, Alabama, “I wanted it to be a band that was going to go somewhere.”
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by Tom Beck
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5/12/23
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Walter Bell, an international force in jazz, gave up the flute for 20 years because his music career wasn’t paying the bills.
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by Len Lear
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5/11/23
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St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chestnut Hill is looking to increase the number of its young Choristers, who enhance the singing of its Adult Choir throughout the liturgical season.
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by Michael Caruso
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5/11/23
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